Posted 2 years ago on Dec. 7, 2012, 4:17 p.m. EST by far2wrld
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Nowadays we are seeing more and more employers offering minimum wage and temporary job positions than ever. Employers ask alot from the worker and give back very little in return. The trend now is that employers are asking for perfect work histories, clean background checks including misdemeaners and speeding tickets, credit history, education:high school diploma/ community college and or university degrees. In return they offer you a crapy salary. Continueing your education doesnt have the incentives they once had. Now you just inherit another debt(student loan). The media and the President keep saying that the U.S lacks skilled well educated workers to fill in job openings. The truth of the matter is that the U.S lacks better wages and permanent job positions. CEO's and investors are not the companies because the workers are the company. Without workers they have no company.With rising food prices set for next year due to the drought condition and other factors.Rising gas prices in 2013. Good luck with your Ramen Noodle dinners because you deserve it. If people keep being submissive things will never change. Say no to slave wages $7.25 -$9.00 an hour and temporary job positions.

We have attracted many trolls, shooz, because this movement is a threat. The American worker IS waking up and it's kind of scary to some people. And, they can say what they want, but Occupy has changed the conversation in this country. So, just keep keepin' on and doing the good work that you do.

You've accused me before of being part of a right wing conspiracy solely because I've criticized the president for drone strikes and bailouts. Or because I talked about how local station ownership works.

I had no idea you were a moderator. I guess thanks for not banning me!

The drive for living wages is actually secondary to restructuring the economy. Outsourcing and uncontrolled immigration has to be stopped. I'd recommend shifting wholesale to a small business/jobs economy. No businesses should be allowed to become so big that they restrain competition and overpower democracy.

In the same month (this summer) that the World Bank was reporting global food prices soaring at an annualized rate of 120%, and Asian governments were meeting to discuss “the global food-price crisis”; the U.S. government proclaimed that inflation in the U.S. was (literally) 0%.

Zero percent inflation in the U.S.; 120% inflation in “the world.” You do the math.